The teaser of Sunny Deol’s Border 2 was released on Tuesday. The teaser of the film is quite spectacular and is also being liked on social media. Meanwhile, we are telling you about the film whose sequel is Border 2. This movie came in 1997 and Sunny was in the lead role.
As soon as the teaser of Sunny Deol’s film Border 2 is released, it is being discussed everywhere. It is being liked a lot on social media. People are also commenting after seeing this. Most say that they cannot wait to watch this movie. Meanwhile, we are telling you about the film of which it is the sequel i.e. Border. The film Border was released in 1997 and its director was JP Dutta. This was a multi-starrer film, which was a big hit at the box office.
About Sunny Deol’s film Border
Sunny Deol’s film Border was released in theaters on 13 June 1997. This was the dream project of director JP Dutta. He began working on the film’s script in 1995 and completed it by April 1996. It was a war action drama film, based on the events of the Battle of Longewala during the India-Pakistan War of 1971. Most of the shooting of this film was done in Bikaner, Rajasthan. Some scenes were also shot in Jodhpur. This was a multi-starrer film, which had 18 actors including Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Punit Issar, Sudesh Berry, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Tabu, Pooja Bhatt, Rakhi Gulzar, Sharbani Mukherjee, Sapna Bedi, Rajeev Goswami, Amrit Pal, Hemant Chaudhary. The background score of the film was composed by Aadesh Srivastava. Javed Akhtar wrote the lyrics of the songs, while Anu Malik composed the music. A song from the film- Sandesh Aate Hain.. which was sung by Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod, people still like to listen to it. The film was made with a budget of Rs 12 crore and did a business of Rs 66.70 crore. This became the most profitable film of the year 1997.
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About the casting of the film Border
Sunny Deol was first selected to play the role of Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri in the film Border. Sanjay Dutt was first approached for Wing Commander Andy Bajwa, but due to being in jail, the role went to Jackie Shroff. When Sunil Shetty was approached for the film, he initially refused. Then talked to Sanjay Kapoor and Armaan Kohli, but both were not ready. Later Sunil himself agreed to do the work. Talked to Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan for the role of Second Lieutenant Dharamvir Singh Bhakri in the film, but no one agreed to do the work. Then Akshay Khanna played this role. This was the second film of Akshay’s career. Juhi Chawla and Manisha Koirala were talked about for Tabu’s role, but both rejected the offer. However, the star who rejected the offer of this film later regretted it, because it was a blockbuster at the box office.
Sunny Deol’s Border won many awards
Sunny Deol’s film Border received 3 National Awards. The film received National Awards for Best Lyrics, Best Male Playback Singer and Best Feature Film National Integration. At the same time, it received 11 nominations in the Filmfare Awards and the movie won 5 awards. Apart from this, the film also won Screen and Zee Cine Awards.
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